CORE PACKAGE This package consists of five learning components. Geometry G1. Coordinate Geometry 1.

Distance between two points. 2. Division of line segments. 3. Area of polygons. 4. Equation of straight lines. 5. Parallel and perpendicular lines. 6. Equation of locus involving distance between two points. G2. Vectors 1. Introduction to vectors and their properties. 2. Addition and subtraction of vectors. 3. Expressing a vector as a combination of other linear vectors. 4. Vectors in the Cartesian plane. Algebra A1. Functions 1. Relations. 2. Functions. 3. Composite functions. 4. Inverse functions. A2. Quadratic Equations 1. Quadratic equations and their roots. 2. Solving quadratic equations. 3. Conditions for quadratic equations to have Two different roots Two equal roots No roots. A3. Quadratic Functions 1. Quadratic functions and their graphs. 2. Maximum and minimum values of quadratic functions. 3. Sketching graphs of quadratic functions. 4. Quadratic inequalities. A4. Simultaneous Equations 1. Simultaneous equations in two unknown: one linear equation and one non-linear equation. A5. Indices and Logarithms 1. Indices and laws of indices. 2. Logarithms and laws of logarithms. 3. Changing the base of logarithms. 4. Equations involving indices and logarithms. A6. Progressions 1. Arithmetic progressions. 2. Geometric progressions. A7. Linear Law 1. Line of best fit. 2. Application to non-linear functions. Calculus C1. Differentiation 1. Gradients of curves and differentiation. 2. Differentiation of axn; (n is an integer), differentiation of the sum of algebraic functions; tangents and normals to curves. 3. Differentiation of the products and quotients of algebraic

functions; differentiation of composite functions. 4. Application to minimum and maximum values, rates of change, small changes and approximations. 5. Second derivative. C2. Integration 1. Integration as an inverse of differentiation. 2. Integration of axn (n is an integer, n 1). 3. Integration by substitution. 4. Definite integrals. 5. Integration as a sum, area and volume. Trigonometry T1. Circular Measures 1. Radians. 2. Length of an arc of a circle. 3. Areas of sectors. T2. Trigonometric Functions 1. Positive and negative angles in degrees and radians. 2. Six trigonometric functions of any angle. 3. Graphs of sine, cosine and tangent functions. 4. Basic Identities: sin2A + cos2A = 1, sec2A = 1 + tan2A, cosec2A = 1 + cot2A 5. Addition formulae and double angle formulae: sin(A B), cos(A B), tan(A B), sin 2A, cos 2A, tan 2A Statistics S1. Statistics 1. Measures of central tendency: mean, mode and median. 2. Measures of dispersion: range, interquartile range, variance and standard deviation. S2. Permutations and Combinations 1. Permutations. 2. Combinations. S3. Probability 1. Probability of an event. 2. Probability of mutually exclusive events. 3. Probability of independent events. S4. Probability Distributions 1. Discrete probability distribution and binomial distribution. 2. Continuous probability distribution and normal distribution.

ELECTIVE PACKAGE
The Elective Package consists of two application packages. Pupils are to choose only one application package. Science and Technology Application Package AST1. Solutions of Triangles 1. Sine rule. 2. Cosine rule. 3. Areas of triangles. AST2. Motion Along a Straight Line 1. Displacement. 2. Velocity. 3. Acceleration. Social Science Application Package ASS1. Index Number

1. Index number. 2. Composite index. ASS2. Linear Programming 1. Graphs of linear inequalities. 2. Solving linear programming problems.